As the funnel narrows with the CIF Southern Section playoffs complete and the rest of the state concluding their playoffs before the start of the CIF Southern and Northern Regional playoffs, the players and their performances aren’t as earth-shattering as when a lot more action was taking place, but even with several dozen teams still […]
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SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
With the funnel narrowing all the way down to the CIF state championships, all good things must come to an end and this is the final week of these honors for football. There will be MVPs from every CIF state final in all divisions (as there have been for all previous state finals since 2006) […]
All-Time Single-Year Passing Leaders
All players from 2019 season who’ve qualified are now included in all-time state record lists that contain hundreds of names in four separate categories — most yards, most yards regular season, most TD passes and most TD passes regular season. We also have all of these records updated in our football records section prior to...
All-Decade All-State Football: Teams
We have a first team and a second team comprised of California’s best players since 2010 season, based mostly on high school accomplishment but without ignoring what they might have done later on. Three from the 2019 season are on first team, one is on second. We also have the best current receiver in the...
Prep Notes With A Twist
This week’s version of our prep column includes thoughts on the NFL career of the best linebacker from a Southern California high school that we’ve ever seen (he’s been in the news this week), the search for a state record holder for most games played in state football history, plus the usual assortment of noteworthy...
Jaxen Turner: Grid-Hoop State POY
As we’ve known for a year, there isn’t more than a handful of legit all-state level Grid-Hoop athletes in both sports in California this year and two that clearly stood out above the rest — Jaxen Turner of Rancho Verde and Drake London of Moorpark. We break down how we came up with the tough […]
Class of 2019 Football: Bon Voyage
Many from California’s Class of 2019 in high school football have already completed one spring semester of college in preparation for being true freshman contributors at their various colleges. Still, as the complete class departs, we want to wish them all the best of luck in fulfilling their dreams. We also take one final look...
FINAL State Top 50 FB (26-50)
Teams that lost to eventual CIF state champions tend to do well in the final rankings and that is the case this season for Pittsburg, Corona del Mar, Villa Park and Cardinal Newman, who all get moved up this week. State champions Menlo-Atherton (No. 41) and Wilcox of Santa Clara (No. 43) also are in...
State Stat Stars of the Week
In the midst of senior quarterbacks like Jayden Daniels (Cajon), Trent Tompkins (Fresno Central) and Nathan Lamb (Tulare) continuing to add to their totals, junior QB Jackson Pavitt of Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa) steals the show by going 24 of 25 for 382 yards in a playoff game. We also go over why Fontana Kaiser’s...
State Stat Stars of the Week
Who will end up as the season passing yards leader and season rushing yards leader for the state this season? J.P. Andrade from Bonita of La Verne had a massive outing last week (498 yds passing) but others close behind are still playing while his team was eliminated. It looks like either Christian Hunter of...
